Upcoming Event: Women's Basketball versus South Dakota State on December 18, 2025 at 7 p.m.
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Notes: Duke 84, Texas 70
12/4/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
- Duke owns a 48-6 record in true road games over the last five years.
- The Blue Devils are now 6-0 marking the fifth time under Head Coach Gail Goestenkors that Duke has opened the season with a 6-0 record.
- Duke notched a revenge game victory on Sunday at Texas and now boast a 16-3 record in revenge games dating back to the 1999-00 season.
- Senior Monique Currie moved into sixth place on the Duke all-time scoring list with her 23 points on the day. She passed Georgia Schweitzer (1,620) and now owns 1,641 points.
- Junior Alison Bales made her second start of the season in place of sophomore Chante Black. Bales finished with a season-high 13 rebounds to go along with nine points, three blocks and three steals in 31 minutes.
- Mistie Williams tied a season-best with 14 points and also had five rebounds and one steal on the day.
- In the return to her home state, junior Lindsey Harding registered 13 points, three rebounds, one steal, one assist in 29 minutes.
- Duke allowed a season-high 55.6 field goal percentage by Texas in the first half, but shut the Longhorns down in the second stanza allowing only 31.4 percent.
- For the first time this season, a Duke player played more than 30 minutes in a game-- Monique Currie (35) and Alison Bales (31).
- The Blue Devils shot 47.8 percent from the field marking the second straight contest Duke has shot under 50.0 percent from the field, after opening the season with four straight over 50 percent shooting contests.
- Duke allowed a season-high 70 points and 41.9 percent shooting.
- The Blue Devils had a season-low 12 assists, three blocks, 11 steals and four three-pointers.
- For only the second time this season, Duke finished the game with over 20 turnovers (20).
- Duke improves to 43-14 against ranked opponents over the last six years.
- With her nine free throws made and attempted, Monique Currie moved into 15th place on the ACC career free throws made list (551) and eighth in free throws made (426).
- Duke will next travel to TCU on Tuesday for an 8:00 p.m. (EDT) tip before returning home for exams.
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